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Luck has struck twice for a Fort Smith, N.W.T., woman who is more than $7 million richer after her second lottery win in four years.

Barkley Heron, left, and Ann Lepine celebrate their $11-million lottery win in 2007. Lepine, who has since separated from Heron, won $7.7 million with her own ticket over the weekend. ((Patti-Kay Hamilton/CBC))

Ann Lepine, who had shared an $11-million Lotto 6-49 prize in 2007, said she learned of her latest $7.7-million lottery win on Saturday night.

Lepine told CBC News she logged on to the Western Canada Lottery Corp. website to check her numbers, about two hours after she had purchased a nine-number Lotto 6-49 quick-pick ticket.

"I was circling a lot of numbers and … telling my dog, 'I think we won the lottery.' So I went back and counted the numbers and there was six numbers there. So I had six out of six," Lepine said in an interview Monday.

'I hardly slept'

Lepine said her aunt in Yellowknife and a friend in Fort Smith both doublechecked the numbers for her. The winning ticket was confirmed Sunday morning.